BIRTReport

From www.side-labs.org

This article presents how to configure BIRT Report Designer with Alfresco

Contents

Configuring the data source

To configure the data source follow the steps given below :

1. In the Data Explorer View, right-click on the node Data Sources.

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2. Select New Data Source.

3. In the New Data Source Window, choose XML Data Source and click Next.


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4. In the New XML Data Source Profile, enter this URL : http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/openbluelab_personne_Person.xml?guest=true

This is the URL where is store the instance of your class. Here I have a class called Person.


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Configuring the data Set

To configure the data Set follow the steps given below :

1. In the Data Explorer View, right-click on the node Data Sets.

2. Select New Data Set.

3. In the New Data Set window, click Next.

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4. In the XML Data Set window, lcik Next.

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5. In the Table Mapping window, select /records/items/item for the XPath Expression.

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6. In the Column Mapping window, add the columns you will need for your report and click Finish.

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7. In the Edit Data Set window click OK.

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Adding Data Set to the report

To add Data Set to the report:

1. Expand the Data Set node.

2. Drag and drop a column to the report.


Viewing the report

Click View Report as PDF to view your report.

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